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Ethan Dennis

2×2 · top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016DENN04

Ethan Dennis has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.09, set at Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 307th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,317 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in April 2016 to 7.92, a 58% improvement. Ethan has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time
1.09
signature single · Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019
1,317
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.092.30
top 0.75%307 / 40,951
Skewb2.374.53
top 2.4%360 / 18,907
3×37.9210.33
top 2.6%1,534 / 59,724
Square-110.4614.57
top 6.9%508 / 6,743
Pyraminx3.975.81
top 7.5%1,914 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.67
top 8.0%187 / 2,040
4×436.5243.81
top 8.2%1,233 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.2018.09
top 8.5%1,137 / 15,683
Megaminx1:04.921:17.60
top 12.6%865 / 7,841
Clock8.089.12
top 15.6%1,187 / 8,927
5×51:16.241:22.18
top 16.3%1,262 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded1:18.03—
early days — 3 solves366 / 2,092
7×73:31.133:44.68
top 20.2%571 / 3,184
6×62:33.802:45.14
top 27.5%975 / 4,196

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Virginia Open Spring 2016: 19.03Severna Park Spring 2016: 15.64Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 17.87Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 13.40TJHSST Fall 2016: 10.95Rockville Winter 2017: 12.10Virginia Open Winter 2017: 12.07Virginia Open Spring 2017: 10.37Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 10.11NovaCube 2017: 9.45EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 10.95Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 10.86CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.07Severna Park Summer 2017: 10.13Rally In The Valley 2017: 9.39Gobbler Cube Day 2017: 10.82Maryland 2017: 9.13TJHSST Fall 2017: 9.20Severna Park Showdown 2017: 7.92Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 10.90NovaCube 2018: 9.31Tea Time Spring 2018: 11.64Rally In The Valley 2018: 10.01Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 9.19CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.38Pennsylvania 2018: 9.58Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 9.19TJHSST Fall 2018: 8.62Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 9.77Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 8.43CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.327.9219.032 Apr 20161 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.